The packaging kerfuffle really struck me as a sign of LV pulling back on their investment in this launch. For the Kusama launch they were throwing the packaging at us - bags, ribbons, tags - even when we weren’t buying Kusama pieces. I have several full sets of that packaging slipped in with a purchase of a Neverfull not from that range. The plot thickens.
I got the pouchette accessories in white multi color and I absolutely love this little happy bag. I carried it for the first time yesterday and went to Louis Vuitton at South Coast Plaza here in Southern California and the sales associates all said that I won the LV lottery getting one and that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get one anymore.
i can understand tha ribbon shortage lol or the tag or the wrapper however the shopping bag were also in scarcity??? If they drop 500 murakami pieces in the boutique at least there should be enough murakami shopping bag where the SA needs to put it. Some boutiques did not even received ANY packaging at all! Why on earth lv supply a murakami pieces but not the packaging. The weirdness of it all!
From what our SA said you are pretty much spot on - they anticipated it would be popular but nowhere near as much as it was so they were a bit unprepared. I know people are sceptical of that but I believe him!
I’m no expert but I wonder if it was a test run for cherries and blossoms releases, with LV anticipating less interest in this drop, maybe because there is already a healthier amount of multicolour on the preloved market as compared to cherries and blossoms. I think the interest has caught them somewhat by surprise, hence the now famous multicolour ribbon shortage of 2025 🥴
This is a good commentary. I also feel like this drop was just… random. The last Murakami pieces in the boutique were sold in early 2010s. So it hasn’t really been 20 years. They knew the Cherries and blossoms collection are big but not Murakami big.
Yes, I agree that because the Kusama collection didn't do well especially in the US and UK that LV thought it would be the same for Murakami. And also because the Tyler the creator collection which had a similar pattern didn't do well that led LV to underestimate demand. I was on the Australian website when online ordering went live and ordered the black toiletry pouch and black bandeau within the first 15minutes. They originally had an estimated delivery date of 10-14th Jan but the toiletry pouch was always "pending validation". I ordered 2 other items a couple of days after that and those went to "pending validation" too. I suspect they had a slight restock on the 10th as rumoured because they finally shipped my bandeau but sent me an email to inform me my other items will be delayed for up to 3 months. All this hype, craze and scarcity is reminding me of the palm springs mini. Everyone seemed desperate to get one or would put up with some minor defect because it was the last one etc and now they're saying they don't wear it anymore.
Tyler the creator collection is not as polished as the murakami. While Tyler's silhoutte is similar to murakami it is a messy and the color does not screaming fun while not being all over the place. Also a lot of design from Kusama cough the dots cough were not giving luxury feel. Were those dots gives a fun vibe ? 😂 Sure if you ask a kid to do dots on top of a lv monogram canvas and this is on top of kusama's racist remarks. There is no breakthrough with Tyler and Kusama. And while those collections may appear fun for some, it did not go well with the house emblem!
I def have to second that! The comment on better hardware... The gold metal panda piece on the zipper of my pink romy cardholder feels so much more substantial than expected. So am quite happy with the quality of all my pieces from this collection!! 😍😍🌈 Yes! so happy...and this collection totally motivated me to come back on TH-cam and start posting again :)🥰🤩
I was just messaging Dayle on her video. I'm in the UK and none of the slgs are available. I messaged with the person online, nothing's available. Asked if I should do the email notification and she said yes, on the off chance they come back into stock. I've been following this since the beginning of January and there's been nothing available online, it's only said coming soon. I may be able to go into store in a few weeks but I'm not in London so the store I go to rarely has any special pieces. It's very annoying, I'm not looking for some incredibly expensive handbag, I just want an slg because they make me happier than bags ❤
Shady shenanigans indeed! I'm hoping for a drip-feed of stock... , wasn't interested in this collection, watched a lot of unboxings, now want something! 🤦🏼♀️
I always think of Hannibal Lecter in these instances (to which I am certainly not immune) - “How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see everyday.” Hard to avoid TM on TH-cam atm!
I'm happy and disappointed at the same time with this launch. I’m currently living out my teenage dreams with this collection. I have grown up money now and have lost my mind 😂 with this collection. I was able to pre-order on December 5th, 13th, 30th, and Jan 1st and 3rd. I'm still waiting for several shipments to arrive. I have yet to receive any limited-edition packaging. My SA and I have been in constant communication for the past month. I don't live close to a store. My SA said their store had not received any packaging yet. Most of my items have been shipped directly to the store for in-store pick-up, and my SA will send them to me overnight. My orders are arriving faster with this method. I do have a couple of online orders coming soon. I'm hoping to receive the packaging. When you drop over $10k on your dream collection, you expect the entire experience.
Disappointed They Couldn't Work A Better Launch !!! I Have A Alma From The First Drop From The First Drop Years Ago !!! I Couldn't Even Get The Twilly For My Alma For The Anniversary Collection !! I Am Sick Of These Resellers Grabbing Up Everything And Reselling Is For Even Higher Prices !!! I Collect I Don't Sell My Loveys I'm Very Disappointed I Could Not Even Get A $240 Piece !!! Shame On You LV For Letting Alot Of Us Down !!! I Don't Want Anything From The Other 2 Collections. !!!! I Wanted It From This Collection 🤬
I have to say the Murakami collection is very BrisVegas. It looks great on Dayle but I'm sceptical about it for myself. Why are people upset about tissue paper? I'm sorry but this has gone Whoosh! right past my 'care facility' station. I wish they'd done something innovative instead of rehashing the products. Like, what's wrong with dipping 4 corners of a scarf into a dyepot with different colours, pink, green, blue yellow for eg and then do a reverse monogram with those colours and then the centre is the usual? But no. It's pretty mundane. I don't understand the excitement. But I am pleased Dayle uses her Alma 30 as a workhorse because that's what it's for. I'm a big exponent for the Alma. Even if hers is cooler than mine.
You are such a humanitarian Connor and we thank you for your hard work and commentary 👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@livingluxwithmeredith a thankless task 🤣🤣🤣
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The packaging kerfuffle really struck me as a sign of LV pulling back on their investment in this launch. For the Kusama launch they were throwing the packaging at us - bags, ribbons, tags - even when we weren’t buying Kusama pieces. I have several full sets of that packaging slipped in with a purchase of a Neverfull not from that range. The plot thickens.
@@AliciaLarriera interesting 🤔🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
I got the pouchette accessories in white multi color and I absolutely love this little happy bag. I carried it for the first time yesterday and went to Louis Vuitton at South Coast Plaza here in Southern California and the sales associates all said that I won the LV lottery getting one and that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get one anymore.
Seen a lovely Louis Vuitton x Murakami NEVERFULL BAG ,and Zippy Purse on EBAY ( seems the only ones in the U.K )
i can understand tha ribbon shortage lol or the tag or the wrapper however the shopping bag were also in scarcity??? If they drop 500 murakami pieces in the boutique at least there should be enough murakami shopping bag where the SA needs to put it. Some boutiques did not even received ANY packaging at all! Why on earth lv supply a murakami pieces but not the packaging. The weirdness of it all!
From what our SA said you are pretty much spot on - they anticipated it would be popular but nowhere near as much as it was so they were a bit unprepared. I know people are sceptical of that but I believe him!
@@ClaireLouiseLuxe makes sense!! Thank you for sharing Claire 😘😘
U r so funny lol great video 😎👍
And there you have it people!
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So interesting. Thank you for letting your thoughts spill from your head to our screens 😊
Glad to be of service, it's a wild ride in the world of luxury! 😄
It's a marketing ploy to drive a frenzy. They're been scamming us for a few years now. Agree with you Connor 💯 ❤️
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Love your commentaries! Always so entertaining 😂
@@vvn888 thank you 🥰🥰
I’m no expert but I wonder if it was a test run for cherries and blossoms releases, with LV anticipating less interest in this drop, maybe because there is already a healthier amount of multicolour on the preloved market as compared to cherries and blossoms. I think the interest has caught them somewhat by surprise, hence the now famous multicolour ribbon shortage of 2025 🥴
This is a good commentary. I also feel like this drop was just… random. The last Murakami pieces in the boutique were sold in early 2010s. So it hasn’t really been 20 years. They knew the Cherries and blossoms collection are big but not Murakami big.
Multicolour ribbon shortage of 2025 I am dead 😂😂😂
Yes, I agree that because the Kusama collection didn't do well especially in the US and UK that LV thought it would be the same for Murakami. And also because the Tyler the creator collection which had a similar pattern didn't do well that led LV to underestimate demand.
I was on the Australian website when online ordering went live and ordered the black toiletry pouch and black bandeau within the first 15minutes. They originally had an estimated delivery date of 10-14th Jan but the toiletry pouch was always "pending validation".
I ordered 2 other items a couple of days after that and those went to "pending validation" too. I suspect they had a slight restock on the 10th as rumoured because they finally shipped my bandeau but sent me an email to inform me my other items will be delayed for up to 3 months.
All this hype, craze and scarcity is reminding me of the palm springs mini. Everyone seemed desperate to get one or would put up with some minor defect because it was the last one etc and now they're saying they don't wear it anymore.
Oh yes I remember those days! Same as the pochette metis!
Who knows what they are doing 😂 we love the thrill
Tyler the creator collection is not as polished as the murakami. While Tyler's silhoutte is similar to murakami it is a messy and the color does not screaming fun while not being all over the place. Also a lot of design from Kusama cough the dots cough were not giving luxury feel. Were those dots gives a fun vibe ? 😂 Sure if you ask a kid to do dots on top of a lv monogram canvas and this is on top of kusama's racist remarks. There is no breakthrough with Tyler and Kusama. And while those collections may appear fun for some, it did not go well with the house emblem!
I def have to second that! The comment on better hardware... The gold metal panda piece on the zipper of my pink romy cardholder feels so much more substantial than expected. So am quite happy with the quality of all my pieces from this collection!! 😍😍🌈 Yes! so happy...and this collection totally motivated me to come back on TH-cam and start posting again :)🥰🤩
So good to hear you're back on TH-cam! 💖💖💖
I was just messaging Dayle on her video. I'm in the UK and none of the slgs are available. I messaged with the person online, nothing's available. Asked if I should do the email notification and she said yes, on the off chance they come back into stock. I've been following this since the beginning of January and there's been nothing available online, it's only said coming soon. I may be able to go into store in a few weeks but I'm not in London so the store I go to rarely has any special pieces. It's very annoying, I'm not looking for some incredibly expensive handbag, I just want an slg because they make me happier than bags ❤
Shady shenanigans indeed! I'm hoping for a drip-feed of stock... , wasn't interested in this collection, watched a lot of unboxings, now want something! 🤦🏼♀️
Agh always the way Gwenny .. I have resisted the urge and it’s been hard.. swapped the urges for methadone
I always think of Hannibal Lecter in these instances (to which I am certainly not immune) - “How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see everyday.” Hard to avoid TM on TH-cam atm!
I'm happy and disappointed at the same time with this launch. I’m currently living out my teenage dreams with this collection. I have grown up money now and have lost my mind 😂 with this collection. I was able to pre-order on December 5th, 13th, 30th, and Jan 1st and 3rd. I'm still waiting for several shipments to arrive. I have yet to receive any limited-edition packaging. My SA and I have been in constant communication for the past month. I don't live close to a store. My SA said their store had not received any packaging yet. Most of my items have been shipped directly to the store for in-store pick-up, and my SA will send them to me overnight. My orders are arriving faster with this method. I do have a couple of online orders coming soon. I'm hoping to receive the packaging. When you drop over $10k on your dream collection, you expect the entire experience.
Disappointed They Couldn't Work A Better Launch !!! I Have A Alma From The First Drop From The First Drop Years Ago !!! I Couldn't Even Get The Twilly For My Alma For The Anniversary Collection !! I Am Sick Of These Resellers Grabbing Up Everything And Reselling Is For Even Higher Prices !!! I Collect I Don't Sell My Loveys I'm Very Disappointed I Could Not Even Get A $240 Piece !!! Shame On You LV For Letting Alot Of Us Down !!! I Don't Want Anything From The Other 2 Collections. !!!! I Wanted It From This Collection 🤬
It's a shame that they couldn't get a decent launch going!
Luxury humanitarian 😂😂😂
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I have to say the Murakami collection is very BrisVegas. It looks great on Dayle but I'm sceptical about it for myself. Why are people upset about tissue paper? I'm sorry but this has gone Whoosh! right past my 'care facility' station. I wish they'd done something innovative instead of rehashing the products. Like, what's wrong with dipping 4 corners of a scarf into a dyepot with different colours, pink, green, blue yellow for eg and then do a reverse monogram with those colours and then the centre is the usual? But no. It's pretty mundane. I don't understand the excitement. But I am pleased Dayle uses her Alma 30 as a workhorse because that's what it's for. I'm a big exponent for the Alma. Even if hers is cooler than mine.
Thing it appeals to people or all different reasons - I wish they made a character charm for the bags to make it different or something!!!
UNICEF 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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